Me...

I am starting this blog because I need an outlet.  I have been diagnosed with something that no one around me really understands, and it'd frustrating. I have PCOS or the long version is Ploy-cystic Ovarian Syndrome, also known as Stein-Leventhal Syndrome, and is one of the most common hormonal endocrine disorders in women.. The cliff notes on what that is; basically instead of producing an egg when I ovulate, my body makes cysts. There are a ton of other things PCOS effects, some common signs according to pcosfoundation.org are:

Irregular menstrual cycles, 

Irregular periods also called Oligomenorrhea, 

Weight gain, 

Excess hair growth on face and body- called Hirsutism, 

Darkened patches of skin, 

Skin tags, 

Infertility, 

Thinning hair, 

Insulin resistance, 

Type 2 Diabetes, 

High cholesterol and high triglycerides, 

High blood pressure, 

Cysts on the ovaries (multiple), 

Pelvic pain, 

Depression, 

Anxiety, 

Sleep apnea (when breathing stops for a short period of time while asleep), 

Decreased sex drive, 

Increase in stress levels

Difficulty losing weight, 

Now I don't have all of these symptoms personally, but I have highlighted the ones I do have, just for reference because those are the ones I can and will be speaking about. Mood swings is another one that's not up there, but I have found from other stuff online that it is really common, and I also have those.  PCOS causes my hormones to be completely out of whack, which causes everything from migraines to little annoying chin hairs. 

On the plus side, I have meet a few really cool people, I have started to get healthier, and take control of my health. I want to put this out here for people who were like me when I was first diagnosed and even people like me now. When I was first told "You have PCOS" and once they told me that I wasn't producing eggs, it was a kick in the stomach. All I have ever wanted to do was me a mom, and, to me, that had been ripped away from me, oh and I was also being handed a lifetime of medical issues and medications. That was hard, and I really felt alone...

But your not alone, PCOS is more common than  most people think, and there are ways to deal with this with out taking all the meds. I am here for you any time.

Also, because it is now effecting everything in my life, I am working on losing weight and I am going to blog about it to keep myself accountable. I started working out today and I weight 226lbs. I want to weight 150lbs before I graduate college in December 2014.

Thank is going to be it for today, I love you all.